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FEATURED ARTICLES
Writer's Desk: Journey to the Other Side of the World
Excerpted from “Shanghai,
Before and After the Fall-Caught
Between Two Chairs”
by Fredy Seidel
The S.S. Scharnhorst slowly
entered Shanghai Harbour
while many of the passengers
stood on deck watching their
approach into the harbor. The smell and
sight of human refuse in the river was
overwhelming.
Further down the Yangtse towards land
hundreds of sampans (little sail boats)
crowded in on the Scharnhorst with
their crews yelling up to the passengers
in a language the passengers did not
understand. [...] read online...
Writer's Desk: Rest in Peace, Uncle Jackie
Personal Reflection on the Passing
of Lt Gen JFR Jacob by Jael Silliman
On 13 January 2016, Lieutenant General JFR Jacob passed away at the age of 93 in Delhi. Living as I do in Calcutta, I was unable to get to Delhi in time for my granduncle Jackie’s funeral. I eagerly read all the eulogies in the press and online, and was heartened by how tributes poured in from India and abroad. His military service to the nation, his governorship of Goa and Punjab, and his impeccable character were widely acclaimed.
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The Walter Kaufmann Story
The Exile Who Invented
All-India Radio’s Signature Tune
by Shalva Weil
In March 1995, I was honoured to be
invited by the Max Mueller Bhavan
in New Delhi to a symposium
entitled “Central European Jewish
Emigration to India 1933-1945”. The
proceedings of this symposium were
published afterwards in a book edited
by Profs. Anil Bhatti and Johannes H.
Voigt and entitled “Jewish Exiles in India
1933-1945”. I myself lectured on the
way Indian Jews received the European
Jewish refugees in India […] [read online...]
The Jews of Bollywood
How Jews Established the World’s Largest Film Industry
by Navras Jaat Aafreedi
This is the story of the rise
and fall of Jews in the
world’s largest film industry.
Bollywood produces a
thousand films annually, three times
more than Hollywood does, in twenty
different languages, which are seen by
three billion people across the world.
Few realise that Jews played as
important a role in Bollywood as they
did in Hollywood, even if the roles
differed in nature. Almost all of India’s
earliest female stars were Jewish.[…] [read online...]
A Journey of a Thousand Miles
The Start of My Shanghai Bob’s Story
by Faith Beckerman Goldman
It is said that a journey of a thousand
miles begins with a single step.
Robert Goldman’s last step and
breathe were at the age of 54 in
1994. At that time, I wasn’t sure I would
ever breathe or step again, but I made a
vow to share the story of my Robert, my
late husband, with the encouragement
of family and friends. But what started
out as a vow to tell Robert’s story– one
of more than 18,000 Jews who called
Shanghai home during the 1940’s and
50’s […] [read online...]
A Look at Hong Kong’s Military Cemeteries
An Effort to Record
Lost Jewish History
Inside Hong Kong’s Ohel Leah
Synagogue is a white marble plaque
that bears the words “Roll of Honour:
In Memory of those members of the
Jewish Community who lost their lives in
the defence of Hong Kong 1941 -1915”.
Those memorialised were all members
of the permanent Jewish community of
Hong Kong and they served along with
many other members of the community. […]
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